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by ****** » Wed Apr 22, 2009 1:02 pm

When I read Aaron's first Ghost Rider trade, I was shocked at how good it was. Truthfully, a Ghost Rider comic has no business being as good as that first trade was. This issue is just more of the same.

Aaron's approach to Ghost Rider is something like a 70's grindhouse comic and it works amazingly well. There's a blend of horror and comedy put together with a pacing that propels the action forward from panel to panel. The obscure villain that Aaron has resurrected makes for a perfect foil for Ghost Rider, I hope we see more of him in the future.

Since I've only read the first trade and the issue we read for the Review Group, I've missed out on quite a few issues of this so in some respects I should have felt a little lost, but I didn't. The solicit calls this issue a "Part 2", but it's really a stand alone story. No knowledge of current Ghost Rider continuity is needed to enjoy this and better yet I don't feel like the issues I'm waiting to read in trades have been spoiled.

I haven't read nearly as many Tony Moore comics as I would like, but whenever I do it's always a treat. It's cartoony without being a cartoon and the layouts and pacing fit perfectly with Aaron's script. I love the expressiveness of the characters and McCaig's colors are exceptional.

It's also cool that Ghost Rider is one of the few comics left with a letters column and I love that Aaron is the one responding to the letters rather than an editor, it adds just a bit more atmosphere to what is already a super fun comic. And maybe it was just me being a dork, but I stopped to read the letters page thinking that the comic was over, which made the last page that much more awesome. It gave it the feeling of being a scene in a movie that takes place after the credits.

Story: 10
Art: 9
Overall: 9.5

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When I read Aaron's first Ghost Rider trade, I was shocked at how good it was. Truthfully, a Ghost Rider comic has no business being as good as that first trade was. This issue is just more of the same.

Aaron's approach to Ghost Rider is something like a 70's grindhouse comic and it works amazingly well. There's a blend of horror and comedy put together with a pacing that propels the action forward from panel to panel. The obscure villain that Aaron has resurrected makes for a perfect foil for Ghost Rider, I hope we see more of him in the future.

Since I've only read the first trade and the issue we read for the Review Group, I've missed out on quite a few issues of this so in some respects I should have felt a little lost, but I didn't. The solicit calls this issue a "Part 2", but it's really a stand alone story. No knowledge of current Ghost Rider continuity is needed to enjoy this and better yet I don't feel like the issues I'm waiting to read in trades have been spoiled.

I haven't read nearly as many Tony Moore comics as I would like, but whenever I do it's always a treat. It's cartoony without being a cartoon and the layouts and pacing fit perfectly with Aaron's script. I love the expressiveness of the characters and McCaig's colors are exceptional.

It's also cool that Ghost Rider is one of the few comics left with a letters column and I love that Aaron is the one responding to the letters rather than an editor, it adds just a bit more atmosphere to what is already a super fun comic. And maybe it was just me being a dork, but I stopped to read the letters page thinking that the comic was over, which made the last page that much more awesome. It gave it the feeling of being a scene in a movie that takes place after the credits.

Getting over an ex is never easy. When they've laid a phonomantic curse on you, it borders on the impossible. In the second of seven stand-alone stories set in a single club, PHONOGRAM's cynical heart cracks wide open. PLUS two complete back-up stories with art from EMMA VIECELI (HAMLET, COMIC BOOK TATTOO) and DANIEL HEARD (COMIC BOOK TATTOO, CHIMPLANTS).

Getting over an ex is never easy. When they've laid a phonomantic curse on you, it borders on the impossible. In the second of seven stand-alone stories set in a single club, PHONOGRAM's cynical heart cracks wide open. PLUS two complete back-up stories with art from EMMA VIECELI (HAMLET, COMIC BOOK TATTOO) and DANIEL HEARD (COMIC BOOK TATTOO, CHIMPLANTS).

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by ****** » Wed Apr 22, 2009 1:15 pm

And before anyone says anything about it being the second issue of a mini, each issue of the series is a stand alone story, hence the title "The Singles Club".

Outhouse Editor

amlah6 wrote:Newsflash, your shop is the only shop in the world that is your shop. The rest of the world is not inhabited by Cape Ladies.

(And before you say some jibber jab about your shop being a part of a chain, I don't care.)

I love Phonogram. All I am saying is that the second issue of a uniquely British Comic that is a fledgling Image Title at best is going to be a tad bit harder to find than a the first issue of an Image title that was already optioned for a film about a writer who has this very devoted cult that follow him around everywhere.

Plus there are already people like Yoni who can't be bothered to read it regardless of whether or not they can obtain it.

Outhouse Editor

amlah6 wrote:Newsflash, your shop is the only shop in the world that is your shop. The rest of the world is not inhabited by Cape Ladies.

(And before you say some jibber jab about your shop being a part of a chain, I don't care.)

I love Phonogram. All I am saying is that the second issue of a uniquely British Comic that is a fledgling Image Title at best is going to be a tad bit harder to find than a the first issue of an Image title that was already optioned for a film about a writer who has this very devoted cult that follow him around everywhere.

Plus there are already people like Yoni who can't be bothered to read it regardless of whether or not they can obtain it.